Ancient Greece Flashcards
Who was Alexander the Great’s tutor?
Aristotle
Who were the earliest people to be considered Greek?
Mycenaeans
Which city-state (Athens or Sparta) won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
How has the Peloponnesian war transformed Greece?
Sparta won, but all the Greek city-states were weakened
How were the Greeks affected by the use of common currency?
Help with business and trade.
How did Athenians value their government?
Government was very important, citizens had to participate.
How did Pericles champion (encourage) democracy?
All of these reasons:
He paid people to serve in public office or on juries.
He encouraged a sense of civic pride and duty.
He encouraged the people of Athens to introduce democracy into other parts of Greece.
He told people that participating in a democracy was as important as protecting their city-state in a war.
Alexander the Great spread Hellenistic culture, what does Hellenistic mean?
Greek-like
Think about the Geography of Greece- this civilization was a peninsula with many islands surrounding it. Do you think it had a strong centralized government?
No, many parts of Greece were far away from the mainland. (especially islands or areas separated by mountains)
Greece had lots of city-states in the Mediterranean Sea, what is a city-state?
A city that acted as a state; own laws, government, military
Sparta and Athens worked together to win the Persian Wars. However, after that war they each had Leagues of their own. What war did they fight against each other in?
Pellopanesian War
How did the lives of slaves in Sparta differ from the lives of slaves in Athens?
Slaves in Sparta were owned by the government and did all the farming to feed the population. Slaves in Athens were divided into three slave classes.
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Why did the ancient Greeks create myths?
Myths explained how the world works.
What is a peninsula?
An area of land surrounded by water on all but 1 side
